Barnstable two-times Bridgewater

David Stewart

Thursday

Sep 18, 2008 at 2:00 AMSep 18, 2008 at 7:23 PM

The BHS girls’ varsity and JV field hockey teams each won games on Tuesday against Bridgewater Raynham, yet they almost never happened. Even when they did, the games were rife with issues, from injuries to dead scoreboards.

Varsity and JV notch wins in spite of obstacles David Stewart photos TAMING THE OTHER TEAM – Barnstable’s Seana Coleman (at left) and Demi Miskiv work at preventing Bridgewater-Raynham’s Maggie Wigley from getting the ball during the teams’ varsity game on Tuesday. BHS defeated B-R 2-0, with Miskiv scoring a goal. The BHS girls’ varsity and JV field hockey teams each won games on Tuesday against Bridgewater Raynham, yet they almost never happened. Even when they did, the games were rife with issues, from injuries to dead scoreboards. Yet nothing could stop the Raiders, who defeated B-R 2-0 in the varsity match and 3-1 in the JV game. Bridgewater arrived 15 minutes late for the event, causing 3:30 games to be pushed back to 4 p.m. Despite the wait, the game got underway, with the first 10 minutes of the varsity game centering around the net as BHS goalie Allie Liimantainen rejected most of the shots from Bridgewater. The team’s strong defense in fending off others aided in what became a shutout for the Raiders. Barnstable hit the boards first on a tally from Demi Miskiv, who scored the first goal of the game on a pass.

Bridgewater’s Maggie Wigley maneuvered and swarmed around the team as if she were conducting a one-man pincer movement.

Barnstable took an unshakeable 2-0 lead on a rebound goal from Lisa Cunningham with 10 minutes left in the game. The JV game had the same momentum as the previous game, with no injuries and more goals. BHS’s Chelsea Hayes scored in the first half, but as the clock ticked down Bridgewater evened the score at 1-1. In the second half, with a score of 1-1, BHS broke the tie with 12 minutes to spare. In the final 10 minutes of the game, as BHS scored another point, time literally stood still: At 6:49 the batteries for the scoreboard died. Nonetheless, Barnstable’s scrappy JV team won 3-1.

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